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Another 9/11? PIA’s 2025 ad for the Paris flight reminiscent of its 1979 ad in NY

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, and months before France goes to the next parliamentary elections, a controversial Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) advertisement has alerted security experts worldwide. The PIA’s highly controversial social media post quickly went viral, racking up over 21 million views and sparking outrage […]

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Roving Periscope: Ignoring the 1971 rapes, Bangladesh sleeps in Pakistan’s bed

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bangladesh now seems to be plagued with a collective, nationwide psychological disease, schizophrenia-cum-Stockholm Syndrome, as it not only praises the perpetrator of crimes against humanity but also embraces it in an enduring brotherhood. During the Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani soldiers and their Razakar militia brothers, floated by Islamic […]

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Pakistan: J&K incomplete without PoK, says Rajnath Singh

January 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Pakistan’s continued support of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday warned Islamabad that J&K is incomplete without the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Our Muslim brothers have sacrificed their lives fighting against terrorism, he said, adding that more than 80 percent of terrorists entering India […]

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Revelry to tragedy: Toll 24; Did NYE fireworks trigger the LA wildfires?

January 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: How did the Palisades Fires start in Los Angeles, California, USA, which gutted properties worth more than USD 150 billion and killed at least 24 people in the last 14 days? Some reports now point to the continuous fireworks by the revelers on New Year’s Eve, according to the media […]

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Markets: Global uncertainties pull Indian stocks down by over 1%

January 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global uncertainties continued to drag Indian stocks down on Monday, as benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, ended the week’s first trading session lower, settling down by over 1 percent each. The global uncertainties include the aftermath of US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the situations […]

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Sri Lanka: Buddhist monk jailed for ‘insulting Islam’

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasaram, viewed as a close ally of ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been jailed in the island nation for allegedly “insulting Islam,” the media reported on Friday. The monk, who leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group, was convicted on Thursday for his 2016 remarks […]

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Roving Periscope: LA’s devastating fires cause $60 bn loss as H’wood celebrities flee

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Several Hollywood celebrities, whose palatial mansions turned into ashes, are reported to have fled the raging fires in Los Angeles where at least 10 people have died and nearly 20,000 acres of forested land have turned into rubble this week, the media reported on Friday. The fires have displaced nearly […]

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World economy: Growth to remain muted at 2.8%, but India to be the fastest at 6.6% in 2025

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations has warned that global economic growth will remain subdued at 2.8 percent in 2025, the same as in 2024, because of the continuing uncertainties the world over, but India will be the fastest-growing economy. South Asia will remain the fastest-growing region, with a predicted 5.7 percent growth, […]

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Roving Periscope: Elon Musk accuses George Soros of “hatred of humanity”

January 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The world’s wealthiest man Elon Musk has accused highly controversial billionaire and “philanthropist” George Soros, 94, whom the outgoing US President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal for Freedom this week, of “hatred of humanity.” Critics said the outgoing Democratic President selected Soros because he was given the freedom to […]

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Energy: Govt may provide LPG subsidy of Rs. 35,000 cr to IOC, BPCL and HPCL

January 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Government of India is likely to give subsidies worth Rs. 35,000 crores for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the three state-owned distributors—Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd—to make up for losses they incurred on selling the fuel in the current financial year, the […]